2014-04-07                     House Journal                      Page 2239
Nays:  Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Gattis, Herron,                                                            
Higgins, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Millett, Munoz, Nageak,                                                             
Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson,                                                            
P.Wilson, T.Wilson                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 4 was offered  by Representatives Nageak and                                                                       
Guttenberg:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 5, following "assessments;" (title amendment):                                                                   
     Insert "providing for public school funding for Internet                                                                 
services;"                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Page 5, following line 26:                                                                                                      
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
"* Sec. 7. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                               
         Sec. 14.03.127. Funding for Internet services. (a) A district                                                        
     in which one or more schools qualify for a discounted rate for                                                             
     Internet services under the federal universal services program is                                                          
     eligible to receive a base amount that is equal to the applicant's                                                         
     share for each school of the Internet services for fiscal year 2015.                                                       
         (b)  Each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2016, in addition                                                       
     to the base amount paid under (a) of this section, a district is                                                           
     eligible to receive an adjustment to the base amount for each                                                              
     school that is equal to the amount needed to bring the base amount                                                         
     up to the applicant's share for 10 megabits of download a second                                                           
     of the Internet services.                                                                                                  
         (c)  If insufficient funding is appropriated to provide funding                                                        
     authorized under (a) and (b) of this section, the state share shall be                                                     
     distributed pro rata to eligible school districts.                                                                         
         (d)  In this section,                                                                                                  
              (1)  "applicant's share" means the difference between the                                                         
     cost of Internet services that are eligible for the discount under the                                                     
     federal universal services program and the discount received for                                                           
     those services under the federal universal services program;                                                               
              (2)  "federal universal services program" means the                                                               
     program established in 47 U.S.C. 254 and regulations                                                                       
     implementing that section."